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One of my peppered cories's barbells/whiskers/things they use to feel around for food, is currently curled up and not straight like it always has been. He seems to be perfectly fine otherwise. He's swimming around and foraging for food like usual. His other barbell/whisker is completely fine...

I'm about to take a trip out to California for 9 days. I figured this was too long to go without feeding the fish so I asked someone in my neighborhood if he could come by at least a few times while I'm gone to feed the fish. He was supposed to come last night so I could show him my feeding...

I put a post up a week or so ago about having a fat female swordtail in my 55 gal community tank. It turns out she was pregnant and it was a good learning experience to be able to tell later on when she is pregnant again. I didn’t see her give birth, and I only found two fry. I noticed one when...

I have two orange swordtails in my community tank, one male and one female. Recently, the female has gotten noticeably fat, and I'm not sure if she is pregnant or not. None of the other fish are getting fatter, so I don't think I'm overfeeding. Is there a way to tell if she is pregnant? If she...

I've recently started introducing bloodworms to my tank once a week. I let the cube defrost and then put it in the tank and let the fish pick at it. The problem is that my largest angel grabs the cube and drags it away from the rest of the fish, and then he eats all of it and chases away any...

I'm not sure how this is possible, but one of my zebra danios has literally disappeared. There is no dead carcas in the tank and I checked all around the tank to see if he jumped out. The only other fish I have that could maybe even attempt to eat him are Angels, but I thought they and danios...

I do a 50% PWC on my 55 gal every week. We’ve had a major cold spell in Florida this week, and it seems like the water coming out of the tap is especially cold. I was thinking today that it might not be good for the fish when I add new water to the tank to have it come out of the tap (through...

Well, I finally had my first major malfunction. I was getting ready to clean my Marineland C-360 canister filter and turn the switch that is supposed to stop the flow of water into the filter. Well, when I went to take the filter into the kitchen to clean it, the intake/outake tubes were still...

I have little pockets of brown algae on my gravel and on some of the decorations. When I scrub it, it comes off, but I'm concerned as to why it's brown and not green. My substrate is white gravel so it really sticks out. It's not too bad but looks like blotches of blood. Do I just need to...

My 55 gal has been cycled for about 6 weeks now. I initially added 4 angels and two died right away. I soon realized I hadn't done a sufficient PWC to rid the tank of nitrates that accumulated during the cycle. Since then I haven't lost a fish and they all seem to be doing well. So I currently...

I'm trying to figure out the best way to regularly maintain/clean my filters. I have a 55 gal with two filters. One is a Marineland C-360 Canister and the other is a Aqueon HOB that I got for free and am really just using to have a backup filter. I added fish about 3 weeks ago after undergoing...

Quick question - I often see that corys need to be kept in groups of 6 for them to be in an ideal environment. I'm in the process of stocking my newly cycled 55 gal. I started with 2 angels and 2 peppered corys. I'd rather stick with 4 corys and not 6, will that be okay or is 6 really necessary?

Okay, I just completed a 5 week long fishless cycle and went out and got 4 Angels. Within 2 days, two of them have died. I just tested my water and got 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, and low nitrates. What could have caused the fish to die so quickly? Okay, I bought them at PetSmart, but that's only...

I'm about 4 weeks in on my fishless cycle. For the last 4-5 days my ammonia has been at 0 and nitrites have been low, but not yet 0. I've continued to dose my 55 gal with 2 tsp of ammonia each day since it read 0 for ammonia. Today, my ammonia and nitrites were both zero. The reason I'm not...

I'm hoping to complete my fishless cycle soon and I'm trying to map out how I'm going to stock my 55 gal. I'd like to start out with angel fish and go from there, but I have a few questions. Any help you can give would be appreciated. 1) How many angels are ideal? I'd like to get 3 or 4, which...

I installed my canister filter on my 55 gal about 3-4 weeks ago. It has been working fine and I’ve had no issues, until the other day. I unplugged the filter because I was doing a very large water change. When I plugged the filter back in it seemed to work fine again. However, in the last few...

As a quick recap, I added a half cup of ammonia to my 55 gal two weeks ago and realized after that was way too much. I did two very large water changes in the ensuing days and 5 days ago, after the second large water change got the ammonia down to around 4 ppm. The ammonia stayed at 4 (or...

I will try to keep a running update on my fishless cycle as I seem to be encountering issues so I hope it can help others to learn from me. As I posted before, I added too much ammonia to my 55 gallon tank when I first started the cycle. I added a half cup, which I learned later was way too...

To start my fishless cycle, I added a half cup of ammonia to my 55 gal, after reading on a few websites that was a good amount for a 55 gal. Well I have since learned that it was too much. I started the cycle two days ago have done 25% PWCs twice once I realized it was too much. My ammonia is...

I have now purchased two air stones and both of them broke while I was putting them in the tank. I bought both of them at the best aquarium store in town, and each were $3.99. I'd rather pay more and get a good air stone, but I can't find a more expensive version anywhere. Does anyone have any...

Before I get into my question, I just want to say thanks to everyone for your replies and your various posts on this site, everything has been very helpful. I'm getting ready to start the initial setup on my 55 gal freshwater. Based on your recommendations, I purchased a Marineland 360...

I'm in the process of setting up my 55 gallon freshwater tank. I have a HOB power filter but I'm wondering if that's enough. I'm interested in what others think the best filtration systems are. Thanks!

Hello, I stumbled across this site and it seems to have a lot of good info. I'm sort-of a newbie. I had a 20 gal freshwater tank years ago, but didn't really know what I was doing and dropped the hobby. Well, I just purchased a 55 gal tank and can't wait to get back into it. My stand is being...